Yitzhak Yosef

Rabbi Yosef claims Knesset cannot pass law because Amir Ohana is gay – Israel Politics

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Rabbi Yosef claims Knesset cannot pass law because Amir Ohana is gay – Israel Politics

Former Chief Rabbi and spiritual leader of Shas, Yitzhak Yosef, has claimed that the reason the government is failing to pass the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption law is that Knesset speaker MK Amir Ohana is an openly gay man, Army Radio reported on Monday. According to Army Radio, Rabbi Yosef stated because a gay man … Read more

Protesters demand elections, draft of haredim in Jerusalem – Israel Politics

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Protesters demand elections, draft of haredim in Jerusalem – Israel Politics

Protesters demonstrated against Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Tuesday morning in response to a recent threat of his that haredim would leave Israel if forced to draft into the IDF. As part of the protest, the demonstrators presented a “Dividing Israel” award, a reference to the Israel Prize that the rabbi is set … Read more